I Am a Criminal

I Am a Criminal

72 mins | Crime | Dec. 7, 1938

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration comes to deeply affect the gangster who begins to soften up. Meanwhile his moll plans to rob him. The newsboy intervenes and stops her.

I Am a Criminal

72 mins | Crime | Dec. 7, 1938

I Am a Criminal
In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration comes to deeply affect the gangster who begins to soften up. Meanwhile his moll plans to rob him. The newsboy intervenes and stops her.
Producers Monogram Pictures, Crescent Pictures Corporation
Original title I Am a Criminal
Directors William Nigh
Writers Harrison Jacobs, John W. Krafft

Cast

John Carroll

as Brad McArthur

Kay Linaker

as Linda La Rue

Craig Reynolds

as Clint Reynolds

Martin Spellman

as Bobby

Lester Matthews

as District Attorney George Lane

Mary Kornman

as Alice Martin

May Beatty

as Maggie

Robert Fiske

as Attorney Phil Collins

Allan Cavan

as De Motte

Edward Earle

as Clark

Byron Foulger

as Ed Harper

Jack Kennedy

as Sheriff

Robert Winkler

as Young Boy